City of Orlando: ‘Will you be my Valentine?’

Locals asked to show city some love

Published 11:50 AM EST Feb 13, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. -

Orlando residents: the city wants your love.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and other officials have started a campaign dubbed Why I Love Orlando. They’re hoping locals will give their town some PDA – or “public display of affection” – during the campaign’s first event on Valentine’s Day.

Dyer and the campaign’s “Love Ambassadors” are ready to welcome locals at Lake Eola from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release.

A Big “O” Hugs photo booth will be set up. The pictures will be posted to a special WILO Facebook page.

Meanwhile, the WILO project is also asking for love letters. Organizers want to know what gets locals’ hearts racing when they think of their town. The notes may become part of a huge “lOve nOte” piece of art, which will also include work from local school children.

The WILO initiative began in 2012 as a nonprofit, grassroots movement mostly organized online. To find out more, visit facebook.com/WhyILoveOrlando.